Word: qili
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...highest-ranking new technocrats are Li Peng, 57, widely seen as China's next Premier, and Hu Qili, 56, heir apparent to the powerful post of General Secretary of the Communist Party. Both men were elevated last fall to the party's policy-setting Politburo. Li, the adopted son of former Premier Chou En-lai, is a Soviet-educated engineer who speaks Russian and has served as minister of the Chinese power industry. Hu, a fluent English speaker, runs the party's day-to-day activities...